Wednesday, August 28, 2013

bluing

the exposed ear of hopi blue maize is giving us an insight into the progression of its season...a much longer season than sweet corn, it has another month to run...from top to bottom these photo were taken on the twentieth, twenty-second, twenty-sixth of this month and the last one was taken this evening...two days has made a colorful difference...more on this as it progresses.

2 comments:

  1. very interesting that it is yellow and gets blue later...wonder why?

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  2. well coach all i have found so far is that all "dark corn" like aztec black and hopi blue start out white or yellow and turn blue as they mature...the biological why is unfound as yet...but i am a member of the society for economic botany and will be asking around to see what i can glean

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